Unspeakable Crimes The Most Elaborate Final Meals In Death Row History

The most bizarre last meal requests in the history of the penal system reveal that if you're crazy enough to get yourself landed on death row, you're crazy enough to order a litany of fried and otherwise crazy foods when facing the death penalty.

Texas recently got rid of the "last meal" for any people getting executed due to Lawrence Russel Brewer's choice of "meal" (see the first item below), it's a better time than any to look back at some of the most absurdly elaborate meals that dead men walking have ever requested.

What are the best last meal requests of inmates on death row? From tubs of ice cream to slabs of ribs, here they are.

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Steven Woods

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Executed: 2011 for the murder of a young couple, even after many appeals and being backed by some popular non-profits/media organizations.

Last Meal:Two pounds of bacon, a large four-meat pizza, four fried chicken breasts, two drinks each of Mountain Dew, Pepsi, root beer, and sweet tea, two pints of ice cream, five chicken fried steaks, two hamburgers with bacon, fries, and a dozen garlic bread sticks with marinara on the side.

Robert Dale Conklin

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Executed: 2005. While on parole for armed robbery, he killed a man by sticking a screwdriver in his ear and twisting it around. He then dissected the body and put select parts of it down the garbage disposal.

Executed: 2010. He killed a man during a robbery, then when being transported to a hearing for his crimes, he killed an attorney. He got life in prison for the first, then the death penalty for the second.